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| Ordered flow of music through time; the pattern of durations of notes and silences in music. |
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| Organized sounds through time |
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| Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another. |
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| Degree of loudness or softness in music. |
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| Organization of musical ideas in time. |
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| Central note, scale, and chord within a piece, in relationship to which all other tones in the composition are heard. |
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| Series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low. |
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| Series of seven different tones within an octave, with an eighth tone repeating the first tone an octave higher, consisting of a specific pattern of whole and half steps; the whole step between the second and third tones is characteristic. |
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| Series of seven tones within an octave, with an eighth tone repeating the first tone an octave higher, composed of a specific pattern of whole and half steps; the half step between the second and third tones is characteristic. |
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| Is used technically in music to indicate a particular musical line, even if this is intended for an instrumentalist and not a singer. |
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| Music composed of a single melody with no accompaniment or harmony. |
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| When one main melody is accompanied by chords. |
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| Performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time. |
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| Tells how "busy" music is; ex.: monophony, homophony, and polyphonic. |
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| Relative highness or lowness of a sound. |
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| Any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds. |
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| The relative range of notes/set of pitches that an item is in. A higher register often means a higher pitch. |
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| The act of using an instrument. |
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| Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time. |
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| In notation, a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are positioned. |
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| Accenting of a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat. |
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| Series of signal tones that add up to a recognizable whole. |
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| How chords are constructed and how they follow each other. |
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| Characteristic way of using melody, rhythm, tone, color, dynamics, harmony, texture, and form in music. |
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| Any scalewise arrangement of pitches. |
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| In notation, a black or white oval to which a stem and flags can be added. |
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| Sound that has a definite pitch or frequency. |
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| The category that a piece of music is in - ballet, jazz, ect... |
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| In notation of rhythm, a symbol to indicate the duration of silence in the music. |
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| Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space. |
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| A sharp, flat, or natural not included in the given key. (Sour Note.) |
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| (#) Denotes that a pitch is to be played a half step higher. |
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| (b) Denotes that a pitch be played a half step lower. |
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| Used to show that a previously shown sharp or flat is to be disregarded. |
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| What is used to play a piece of music; ex.: Orchestra, band, piano, ect... |
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| First or stressed beat of a measure. |
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